Closure (formerly in the French form clôtüre), the name used for a power given in 1882 to the Speaker of the House of Commons, or chairman of committees, to close a debate when it seems to him that the subject has been discussed, and he is authorised to do so by a motion duly supported. For the rules of procedure, see PARLIAMENT.
Closure
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 299
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